Pier en Oceaan - Oek de Jong



Na jaren heb ik weer eens een Nederlands boek gelezen. Het verbaast me hoeveel ik in dit boek herken. Het maakt me zelfs een beetje jaloers: alsof ik dit boek had willen en kunnen schrijven. Zelfs als ik de kwaliteit van een werk als dit zou kunnen benaderen, moet ik reeel zijn: het zal er niet meer van komen.

De rest van het boek was zeker niet minder! Er was zoveel dat ik herkende in de hoofdpersoon. Het ontheemde gevoel, de tegenstrijdige gevoelens ten opzichte van mensen. Ook de ontevredenheid als dingen wel goed gaan, de onrust.
Over het hele werk hangt een risico van onbegrip voor de gevoelens en gedachten van mensen die elkaar dierbaar zouden moeten zijn.
Het is een monumentaal werk, het had van mij nog tweemaal zo lang mogen worden, maar als ik eerlijk ben, het is goed zo. Een periode is afgesloten.
Ik had dit boek graag 6 sterren gegeven, maar dat kan nu eenmaal niet.
Lijkt me duidelijk dat ik dit een aanrader vind voor een ieder die graag leest.

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